Citizens inspection of nuclear bomb making factory at Aldermaston, UK

Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors - including our British colleagues - have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot.

Their mission? To carry out the world's largest ever inspection of a nuclear weapons factory, following reports that Tony Blair is building a new nuclear weapon.

At Aldermaston, the weapons inspectors were greeted by hundreds of police officers, who "corralled" many of them away from the site. There's plenty of evidence to suggest that some 1 billion pounds worth of new nuclear weapons facilities are being built here, most likely in contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The building work going on at Aldermaston includes the giant new 'Orion' laser, for use in simulating nuclear tests. Hundreds of new nuclear weapons scientists are also being recruited. Stay tuned for tonight, when Hans Blix will slate Tony Blair in public for trying to replace Trident - the current nuclear weapons system.

During the course of the morning, the weapons inspectors - organised by both Greenpeace and Block the Builders, managed to reach the fence at Aldermaston, to take photographs of the building site, despite laws banning photography at the facility. They even drew pictures - which is also illegal! The inspectors include Bodyshop founder Anita Roddick and Norman Baker MP.